The remains of several more Civil War veterans were sent to Maine ... Earlier this year, two Union soldiers were posthumously honored by President Biden with the Medal of Honor for their courage ...

Photograph showing Union soldiers with rifles at attention in front of the Capitol. May 13, 1861. Courtesy: Library of Congress Whitman was forty-two years old when the Civil War started.

The remains of 28 Civil War veterans and many of their wives ... but the volunteers eventually concluded that all of the soldiers fought for the Union during the war. “It’s amazing that ...

These objects belonged to the men and boys who fought on the front lines for both Confederate and Union forces. They represent what soldiers wore ... This section displays objects that helped the ...

The discovery of the remains of two soldiers from the Manassas National ... son Ben – both long active in the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War – were on hand for service.

Pillow, Tennessee on April 12, 1864 100,000+ — Number of Civil War Union corpses found in the South through a federal reinterment program from 1866-1869 303,356 — Number of Union soldiers who ...

Civil War reenactors participate in funeral services Oct. 16 for the burial of Union soldier Byron R. Johnson. Johnson was among nearly 30 Civil War veterans whose remains languished in storage ...